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[Liepzig]: Brockhaus, 1848. Offprint. Plain paper wrappers. A very good copy.. 30 pp. [285-314 pp]. 8vo. In German and Tabari.

Hamburg, 1991. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy.. 207 pp. 4to. Articles on Japan: Lorenz von Steins Japan Korrespondenz; Ein deustschen Diplomat in Japan: Hans Anna Haunhorst; Dichtung und Poetik Nishiwaki Junzaburos; and Europaischsprachiges Schrifttum zu den Ainu 1981-1990. Plus The Creation of Buddhist Cliff Sculpture on Mt. ch'i-ch'u in Szechwan.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First American edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket but for some wrinkling to the laminate as usual for this volume.. 298 pp. Illus. with 359 b/w photos and plates. 4to. Ever wonder what George Sand looked like, or Sa'd Pasha, or M. Pierson's performing dog? They are among the 359 photographs of Paris personalities of the nineteenth century by one of its pioneer, if somewhat eccentric, photographers.

[Jakarta]: Jayakarta Agung Offset, 1991. Cloth. A fine copy and as new in a near fine dust jacket in a near fine slipcase.. 164 pp. Illus. with color photos. Folio. In Indonesian. Reflection of Islamic religious life in Indonesia.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good+ or better copy, wrappers soiled and small bump to heel of spine else clean and tight.. 56 pp. + addenda. Illus. Sq. 8vo. The sculpture of Robert Nakian from an exhibit at the MOMA.

Bangkok: National Culture Institute, 1953. Second edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Owner's stamp on title page else a very good+ copy.. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 12mo. Thailand Culture Series 12.

Paris: Montgredien et cie, 1898. Cloth. A very good clean crisp copy, some rubbing to extremities, edges a bit browned. binding tight and crisp.. lxxvi, 271 pp.+ Adv.[8]. 8vo. Publis avec introduction et notes par Clement Rochel.

Londrés: James Ridgway, 1859. First edition. Blue pebbled cloth paneled in blind, gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed, nick to rear edge, else a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy, scattered foxing, bookseller label on rear pastedown, one removed from front pastedown. A beautiful bright copy.. xv, 321 pp. 8vo. (23 cm). The Portuguese translation of the second volume of "Narrative of services on the liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil" by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), the commander of the Chilean navy from 1818-1823, and of the Brazilian navy from 1823-1825. "Arrogant, ill-tempered, cantankerous, bellicose, Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful front-line frigate captains of his day.... [and he] and other British naval officers, entirely unofficially, had made a not inconsiderable contribution to the cause of Brazilian independence and, more important, Brazilian unity," Leslie Bethell, Brazil: Empire and Republic 1822-1930 (Cambridge Univ… Read More

Chicago: Lakeside Press / R. R Donnelley & Sons, 1990. Reprint. Cloth. A fine copy. As new.. lviii, 367 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. 16mo. Lakeside Classic Series. Edited by Clark and Mary Lee Spence.

Exeter: Printed and published by W.C. Featherstone, 1838. Second edition. Cloth with gilt title. A very good- copy, small tears to spine ends, front joint starting, rear board soiled, occasional foxing, small image of a penguin affixed to rear pastedown.. [23], [14]-180 pp. Illus. with frontispiece and a second plate, both with tissue guards. 16mo. Includes lists of subscribers and opinions of the press. Goodridge had signed on to a sealing expedition on the Princess of Wales and after stopping at Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Cape Verde Islands, the ship was wrecked on one of the Crozet Islands. The crew that survived lived off the land and attempted to build a boat but were rescued before they finished by the American ship Philo. "After an altercation with the captain, most of the shipwrecked crew asked to be put ashore on St. Paul Island. They were picked up again nearly three months later and taken to Tasmania, where Goodridge lived for many years," Hill p. 251. Though later editions are… Read More

New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Facsimile reprint edition. Cloth with gilt titles. A fine copy. No dust jacket as issued.. 93 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w plate. 8vo. Documents and Narratives concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America. Number One. Translation of Relación de algunas cosas de la Nueva España, which was a translation of Relatione di alcune cose della Nueva Spagna. The original Spanish text has been lost. An Italian translation by G.B. Ramusio was published in his "Terzo volvme delle navigationi et viaggi ... Venetia, 1556." It was translated from the Italian into Spanish by Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, and published in his "Coleccion de documentos para la historia de Mexico," v. i, Mexico, 1858. The present English translation is from this Spanish text. Originally published by the Cortes Society in 1917 in a limited edition of 250 copies.

London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1873. First edition. Cloth. Spine sunned, headband chipped, tail with tiny tear, small institutional bookplate to front pastedown, owner's nautical bookplate opposite, otherwise a very good unopened (uncut) copy.. xx, 220 pp. Illus. with 1 map. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 48. An account of the fables and rites of the Yncas by Christobal de Molina; An account of the antiquities of Peru by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-Yamqui Salcamayhua; A narrative of the errors, false gods, and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times by F. de Avila; Report by Polo de Ondegardo. Indexes include one of Quichua vocabulary. Spain & Spanish America I: 422. Leclerc 1788.

New York: Lumen Books, 1995. Revised edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A fine copy.. xv, [1] pp., 305 pp., [3] lvs. Illus. with 1 b/w facsimile. Sm. 4to.

Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1966. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A near fine copy.. pp. 97-145. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to.

[Philadelphia]: [na], 1876. Folded self-wraps. A fair copy, fragile, needs conservation; but for a few minor losses essentially complete.. [8] pp. on one folded sheet [56 x 86 cm]. 28 x 43 cm. Heavily illustrated throughout with anatomical drawings; last page contains numerous illustrations of medical devices. The National Surgical Institute, founded Dr. Horace R. Allan and Dr. W.P. Johnson, first opened in Indianapolis in 1869, expanding to three other locations, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and San Francisco by 1875. It exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia at which time it had published a book, referenced in this advertisement. OCLC locates two copies of this work (OCLC: 28748865): National Library of Medicine and Univ. of Alabama. A rare survival.

Washington City [D.C.]: Published annually, by Davis & Force. Sold also by Cummins & Hilliard, Boston..., 1823. First edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards. Large chip to folding plan just effecting the corner of the image, otherwise about very good, period signatures on free front endpaper, though somewhat illegible, boards and spine scuffed, extremities worn, folding items creased, some a bit ragged at the margins when not trimmed, leaves very clean and bright.. [9], 14-296 pp. Illus. with 4 plates (2 folding) and 5 folding charts. 16mo. Folding plan of the Capitol and a folding view,"East front of the Capitol," engraved in aquatint by Stone. The fourth year of Force's compilation of statistical and historical information. Sabin 25056n. Shaw & Shoemaker 9600. Drake 1520.

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fine crisp copy in a very good+ acetate dust jacket with a tear at the upper edge.. 102 pp. Illus. with color photos. Sm. 4to.

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1970. First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers bound in blue library cloth-covered boards. Original reports in decorated wraps are, except for a single stamp, in fine condition bound in tight; clean ex-lib cloth covered boards with call numbers and interior markings.. V.1:95 pp.;V.2: 303 pp.; V.3: 330 pp.; V.4: [270 pp.]; V.5: [220 pp.]; V.6: [250 pp.]; V.7: [200 pp.]. Illus. with 100+ b/w photos, 90+ maps (20 large color foldouts, 20 color, 50 b/w), charts, drawings, graphs, and tables. Sm. 4to. The main report, of which this is copy #192, is followed by Appendices A thru K covering specific estuaries, biophysical profiles, landscape surveys, economic analyses, technological impacts, conflicts, and evaluations of laws, governmental bodies, and public management schemes. Some of the estuaries covered are the Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay and Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.

London: National Gallery, 1973. First edition. Cloth. About fine, boards with some scuffing, plates bright and crisp.. [i], 842 pp. Illus. with 2000+ b/w photos. 8vo. The complete record of all of the holdings in the National Gallery, London. Alphabetically by artists.

New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2000. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. Wrappers rubbed else a fine copy.. 95 pp. Illus. with color photos. 8vo. The first group in the ongoing program launched in 2000 at the White House. Winners for 2000 were Frank Gehry (lifetime), Morris Lapidus and John Hejduk (American Originals), Apple Computer (Corporate), Ralph Appelbaum (Communications), Lawrence Halprin (Environmental), and Paul MacCready (Product); there was no architectural award that year. Printed by Stinehour Press.